Animated films/series

[Ballyfornia]

I'm looking for animated films/series that have political/social themes or just badass films or series's.

I watched stuff like, Akira, Persoplis, Waltz with bashir and Ghost in the shell

[Das war einmal]

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[Tablo]

Serial Experiments Lain, Pale Cocoon, and Time of Eve are good.

[Pirate Utopian]

The Boondocks. If you like humor with that.

[SacRedMan]

Death Note

[praxis1966]

Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988) is fucking dope. It's a tragic story of an orphaned brother and sister attempting to survive alone in the bombed out ashes of Kobe during the closing days of WWII. It's probably one of the most moving pieces of animated cinema I've ever seen and a damned fine antiwar statement to boot.

Metropia (Saleh, 2009) ain't bad either, but for totally different reasons. The plot and voice acting, IMO, are only average to slightly above average. However, the visual aesthetic is incredible. I'm thinking that there are probably going to be at least three or four other films that cop the artistic technique until the next goût du jour rolls around.

[Ballyfornia]

Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988) is fucking dope. It's a tragic story of an orphaned brother and sister attempting to survive alone in the bombed out ashes of Kobe during the closing days of WWII. It's probably one of the most moving pieces of animated cinema I've ever seen and a damned fine antiwar statement to boot.

i seen that one a while the ending was ruined for me though. I'l watch the rest them in the next few weeks.

[JustMovement]

A scanner darkly.
its rotoscoped, so is it animation? is it live? whatever, its good.

[praxis1966]

A scanner darkly.
its rotoscoped, so is it animation? is it live? whatever, its good.

^This one. Despite Keanu Reeves, it's for me the second best adaptation of a Phillip K. Dick novel behind Bladerunner. For the record, rotoscoping is a technique where animators trace each cell of a live action film and then superimpose the animation over the top of the original live action. So, technically it's both. Waking Life (Linklater, 2001) uses the technique as well, but I'd only watch that if you're looking for a rudimentary introduction to philosophy. Otherwise, you probably won't find it very entertaining.

[Die Rote Fahne]

Do I have a treat for you guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIKHL36h3YU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIKHL36h3YU)

[kitsune]

Serial Experiments Lain is great. Death Note too. Also FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied.

Grave of the Fireflies is brilliant, and check out Takahata's other masterpiece, Omohide Poro Poro (Only Yesterday is the English title).

[Ballyfornia]

Serial Experiments Lain is great. Death Note too. Also FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied.


Seen most of them seen the first view episode of Serial Experiments Lain seems good

[Decolonize The Left]

I'm looking for animated films/series that have political/social themes or just badass films or series's.

I watched stuff like, Akira, Persoplis, Waltz with bashir and Ghost in the shell

You're looking for anything by Hayao Miyazaki (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594503/). Specifically:
My Neighbor Totoro (definitely the best)
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Porco Rosso
and, if you can handle the ridiculousness, Pom Poko

Word.

EDIT: Cowboy Bebob is amazing. Highly recommended.

- August

[El Chuncho]

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[Omsk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyIF_C2h6rc

This short animated movie is great.

[Per Levy]

"wolverine and the x-men" is pretty nice(a bit political, but very badass), also for fun "drawn together" and "daria" is pretty awsome if you like their humor that is.

[Zhu Bailan]

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[kitsune]

Miyazaki for sure! Also Satoshi Kon's films are all very good. Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika. I liked his series Paranoia Agent, too.

[Johnny Kerosene]

Lupin III is amazing. Not revolutionary or anything but amazing.

[Tablo]

Miyazaki for sure! Also Satoshi Kon's films are all very good. Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika. I liked his series Paranoia Agent, too.
Paranoia Agent was awesome. Even though it is kind of morbid, I thought the episode with the people trying to kill themselves was hilarious.

[khad]

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[Red_Devotchka]

Fullmetal Alchemist!!! its great, and is ... ug, i cant explain cause id spoiler it to you. anyway, watch it :p
and.. hmm code geass, definitely. death note (but someone has already sugested tht, i guess). hmmm, if you really are tollerant to stupid sense of humour and a bit (a bit???) yaoi atmosphere id reccomend Hetalia as well xD

[Zhu Bailan]

Little red riding hood (http://vimeo.com/3514904) :)

[Ballyfornia]

Fullmetal Alchemist!!! its great, and is ... ug, i cant explain cause id spoiler it to you. anyway, watch it :p
and.. hmm code geass, definitely. death note (but someone has already sugested tht, i guess). hmmm, if you really are tollerant to stupid sense of humour and a bit (a bit???) yaoi atmosphere id reccomend Hetalia as well xD

I seen that with most popular animes, it really is brilliant, i didn't watch Brotherhood though i heard it's good

[Melebeb]

Ghost in the shell: Stand Alone Complex

Both seasons, specially 2nd Gig, present heavy political and social themes. Its mixture with cybernetics and artificial intelligence background make it an even more sublime anime.

[kitsune]

Paranoia Agent was awesome. Even though it is kind of morbid, I thought the episode with the people trying to kill themselves was hilarious.

That's my favorite episode. It wanders off the main storyline, but it is brilliant and funny.

[Olentzero]

DragonBall Z Abridged?...

[Red_Devotchka]

I seen that with most popular animes, it really is brilliant, i didn't watch Brotherhood though i heard it's good

It's great. Well, i only have to say tht i liked the ending of first series much more to be honest :/
this one is good anyway, and much closer to manga.

[Kuppo Shakur]

I'm looking for animated films/series that have political/social themes or just badass films or series's.
You should probably ask in the Hoxhaist group.
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[Roach]

I see you trolling.

As far as I know the only Marxist-leninists followers of the Albanian line who are fans of japanese animation are Red Pill and Red_Struggle,and some other banned member, considering this, your attempt to vilify us with an association of somekind of nerd-like steriotype is ridiculous.

[Decolonize The Left]

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Wow... but still you fail. I, on the other hand, win:
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- August

[Kuppo Shakur]

your attempt to vilify us with an association of somekind of nerd-like steriotype is ridiculous.
lol, go cry in your bunker.

[Rss]

Thread about animations and nobody mentioned this?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb8o4WXWt30

Reverse the neutron flow!

[El Chuncho]

http://www.animedvdsupply.com/series-images/covers/ayakashi_jap_horror.jpg

[kitsune]

Kakurenbo (Hide and Seek) is a fantastic short film.
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I haven't seen a lot of series lately. I'll get around to Evangelion Shin Gekijouban one of these days. I really like the Hellsing Ultimate episodes that have been released so far. Highschool of the Dead was excellent.